Bed-hinge for automobile-trucks



C. H. CROMWELL.

BED HINGE FO-R AUTOMOBILE TRUCKS.

- APPLICATION man MAY 12, 1921.

' 1,396,678, Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

specification.

CHARLES H. CROMWELII F GEORGETOWN, ILLINOIS.

a p icatio meaiaa 12,

To all whom it mag concern.

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. CROM- WELL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and resident of Georgetown, in

i the county of Vermilion and State of Illi-- nois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bed-HmgeslforAutomollllG-TlllCkS, of which the following is a This invention relatesto hinges for mounting a dumping bed on a Ford truck, the

said invention havingfor its object the provision of an element adaptedto be connected ri idity and strength.

to the bed, and anelement adapted to be connected to the chassis frame,including means whereby one member is hingedly connected to another, itbeing understood that two complete hinges are employed for each truck.

An object of this invention is to provide a hinge member adapted toembrace the sill of a body and adapted also to be attached to the sandsill, associated with a member adapted to be connected to the chassisframe in a manner to be securely retained,

, in order that it will withstand shock, due to the dumping of the bodyor bed and to the vibration incident to the use of the body when loaded.a

An objectof this invention also is to provide means whereby the memberat tached to the chassis frame may be provided with two points ofanchorage, while at the same time, the members may be in such s acedrelation to each other as to cause tl iem to register with the sillsofthe bed for connection to the hinge members carried by the said sills.i a v a A further object of this invention is to 'JIOClllC a hingemember for the chassis rame which may be of comparatively lightmaterial, but so formed as to have great ith the foregoing and otherobjects in view, the inventionvconsists in the details of construction,and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed.

' Ind scribing the invention in detail, ref erence will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in wh1chFigure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of Specification of LettersPatent.

BED-HINGE tron AUTOMOBILE-TRUCKS.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

1921. Serial no. 468,992.

a fra ment of a chassis frame and bed, with the hinge embodying theinvention "applied thereto;

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective view of one of the hinge members; and

Fig. 4 illustrates a perspective view of the coacting hinge member. i Inthese drawings 5 denotes the hinge \member adapted to be attached to achassis frame, and as shown, this member comprises a plate or main bodyportion having an angularly disposed extension 6. The hinge member isflanged at its edges as shown at 7 and 8, in order to increase thestrength of the structure, and the said body has a trans verselydisposed rib 9 with apertures 10. The hinge member 5 is applied to theend rail 11 of the chassis frame with the rib 9 in contact with the saidrail. Fastenings 12 extend through the rail and through the rib, wherebythe hinge member is attached to the said rail. The angularly disposedextension has apertures such as 13, and this angularly disposed portionoverlies a side member 1 1 of the frame and it is secured thereto byfastenings 15. The hinge member terminates in a hinge butt 16 whichreceives a pin 17 to connect the hinge member 5 to the coacting hingemember 18. By the arrangement indicated, the hinge butt is held inposition under the body sill 19, whereas the plate may be attached tothe end rail and anchored to the side member 14 of the frame, by reasonof the angularly (hsposed extension 6, and this results in a plurableand strong connection and strucure.

The companion hinge element 18 comprises a plate having apertured ears20 to receive the pin 17 and the said plate has parallel flanges 21 and22 which embrace the sides of the sill,and the said flanges are securedto the sill by fastenings such as 23. The plate of the hinge member 18alsohas apertures 24 to receive the fastenings 25 anchored to the sillthrough the under side thereof. The hinge butt 16 lies between the ears,as shown, and the hinge member 18 is production, whereas the other hingemember is likewise comparatively. simple and may be expeditiouslyapplied or installed.

WVhile I have indicated thatthe invention -isparticularlyadaptable forattachment to Ford trucks, yet it can be applied with the same advantageto other trucks for automobiles, and I donot Wish to be limited in thisrespect in the claim.

Iclaimz g 1 In a bed hingefor automobile trucks,

a plate having a rib on its under surface adaptedto contact an end railof a chassis frame, the sald plate havlng an angularly disposedextensionadapted to overlie and be secured to a side of the frame, a hinge buttformed on the outer end of the said plate, a a hinge member havingflanges adapted to embrace the sides of a body sill and having earsembracing the ends of the hinge butt, and a pivotal pin extendingthrough the said hinge butt and through the ears.

2. In a bed hinge for automobile trucks, a plate having marginalflanges, a hinge butt and a rib transversely of the plate between themarginal flanges near the hinge butt, an extension of the said platestanding at an angle thereto and adapted to engage a side member of aframe, means for anchoring the plate and the extension thereof to a.chassis frame, and a hinge member comprising a plate having flanges forembracing a sill of a body, the said plate having depending carsprovided with apertures, the said ears being adapted to embrace the endsof the hinge butt, and a pivot extending through the said ears andthrough the said hinge butt.

CHARLES H. CROMWELL.

